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Dear Framers,<br>
<br>
I've been having a problem with adding FrameMaker structured
documents into a structured book, and I wonder if any of you guys
have experienced the same or similar effect.<br>
<br>
FWIW, I'm using FrameMaker 10, running on Windows7 - both with the
latest patches installed. <br>
<br>
If I select a range of documents in an explorer window, and drag the
documents inside the book file, I appear to be able to get the whole
structure of the document messed up. I've attached a screenshot of
the effect - where I dragged the files to be after the ENR_3_3_en.fm
document, and before the ENR_3_4_en.fm document.<br>
<br>
The book file appears to have the documents in the correct order
ENR_3_3_en.fm, followed by ENR_3_3_1_en.fm, ENR_3_3_2_en.fm,
ENR_3_3_3_en.fm, etc. but the structure view shows that they are
located <i>after</i> the ENR_3_5_en.fm document! It gets even
stranger when I noticed that the ENR_3_4_en.fm, ENR_3_5_en.fm, and
ENR_3_6_en.fm - which <i>were</i> in the correct order <i>before </i>the
drag-drop function, are somehow reversed.<br>
<br>
If I try rearranging some of the files in the structure view window,
I have seen FrameMaker crash a few times.<br>
<br>
<br>
I managed to add the files in the correct order by:<br>
a. move the insertion pointer in the structure view<br>
b. select the FrameMaker Add > Files... menu item<br>
c. In the "Add Files to book" dialog, with the "details" being
shown:<br>
reserve the Name sort order in the Windows dialog, so it shows
Z - A ordering<br>
d. select the second file in the reversed order [e.g. the "y" file]<br>
e. shift-select the last file in the reversed order [e.g. the "a"
file]<br>
f. control-select the first file in the reversed order [e.g. the "z"
file]<br>
... but even with this, I found that FrameMaker added the files into
the book 2 elements <i>after</i> where I had moved the insertion
pointer.<br>
<br>
<br>
Has anyone else observed these behaviours before?<br>
<br>
<br>
// Simon BUCH -- M-AIS<br>
// [still working with FrameMaker after all these years]<br>
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